Table Tennis
2 June, 2025
Comfortable wins on the table
Boolite, Warracknabeal and Kellalac were winners in Warracknabeal Table Tennis Senior competition at Brim on Monday night.
Boolite, Warracknabeal and Kellalac were winners in Warracknabeal Table Tennis Senior competition at Brim on Monday night.
Match one saw Boolite win easily over Bangerang 9 sets to 3, 29 games to 16, 437points to 401.
Boolite raced ahead from the start taking all four of the first singles when Russell Schultz def David Baxter 11-8,11-7,11-7, sub Lindsay Martin def Bangerang sub Glen Liersch 11-6, 11-7,11-5 followed by sub Justin Watson def Simon Leslie 11-6, 8-11, 19-17, 11-6 and Will Smith def Amy Holland 11-9,11-7, 3-11, 10-12, 11-5.
Boolite continued on their winning way taking the first doubles when Russell and Lindsay won over David B and Glen 11-9, 11-6, 9-11, 16-14.
Bangerang then scored a win in the next doubles with Simon and Amy defeating Justin and Will 11-8, 11-5, 11-2.
Reverse singles were won alternately with Boolite’s Russell defeating Glen 11-8, 11-8, 11-9, Bangerang David B def Boolite sub Owen Osborne 6-11, 11-6, 11-8, 4-11, 14-12 in a five se thriller.
Boolite’s Justin def Amy 11-7, 11-5, 11-1 and Bangerang’s Simon def Will 11-7, 11-4, 11-6. Boolite won the last two doubles when Russell and Justin defeated David B and Simon 11-7, 5-11, 11-9, 13-11 and Owen and Will defeated Glen, Amy 4-11, 11-9, 5-11, 12-10, 11-8.
Match two saw Warracknabeal also have an easy victory over Wallup 9 sets to 3, 33 games to 12, 433 points to 335.
Warracknabeal’s Trevor Hemer won the first singles over Wallup’s Ash Purdue 11-8, 11-9, 8-11, 11-9. Wallup’s Brad Martin put his team on the board with a win over W’beal’s Christiana Henke 8-11, 11-9, 6-11, 11-6, 11-1.
W’beal struck back taking the next two singles when David Ward def Wendy Lehmann 11-2, 11-8, 6-11, 9-11, 11-8 and Fred Ackland defeated Wallup’s Eli Robinson 11-8, 11-3, 11-9.
W’beal also won the following two doubles sets when Trevor and Christiana def Ash and Brad 11-8, 7-11, 11-6, 11-4 and David W and Fred def Wendy and Eli 11-2, 11-3, 5-11, 11-5.
Reverse singles were won alternately with W’beal’s Trevor defeating Brad 11-4, 11-4, 11-1. Wallup’s Ash won over Christiana 11-6, 8-11, 12-10, 11-6, W’beal’s David W over Eli 11-3, 11-3, 11-5 and Wallup’s Wendy def Fred 11-5, 11-5, 11-8.
W’beal sealed the match taking the last two doubles as Trevor and David W defeated Ash and Wendy 12-14, 11-7, 11-3, 11-7 and Christiana and Fred def Brad and Eli 11-6, 11-5, 11-4.
Match three saw Kellalac having to battle harder for their win over Galaquil 7 sets to 5, 24 games to 21, 399 points to 403.
Kellalac’s Jason Robinson showed the way for his team with a win over Galaquil’s Charlie Martin 11-9, 11-6, 11-4 followed by sub Owen Osborne defeating Galaquil’s Lindsay Martin 11-7, 11-13, 12-10, 11-8.
Galaquil’s Graeme Koschitzke took the next singles over Craig Byron 11-7, 11-3, 11-6. Kellalac’s Merryn Baxter won the fourth singles over Jagger Livingston 11-6, 11-6, 11-6.
Kellalac continued taking the following two doubles when Jason and Owen defeated Charlie and Lindsay 11-7, 10-12, 11-7, 11-6 and Craig and Merryn against Graeme and Jagger 11-6, 4-11, 12-10, 9-11, 11-4.
Again the reverse singles were won alternately as Galaquil’s Charlie def Kellalac sub Brad 11-5, 11-4, 5-11, 11-8, Kellalac’s Jason def Lindsay 11-3, 11-1, 12-10, Graeme def Merryn 11-5, 11-8, 11-4, and Craig def Jagger 5-11, 11-8, 12-10, 5-11, 11-8.
Galaquil won the last two doubles when Charlie and Graeme defeated Jason and Craig 10-12, 6-11, 11-9, 11-9, 11-2 and Lindsay and Jagger against Owen and Merryn 11-3, 11-9, 11-4, but it was too little too late with Kellalac victorious by two sets.
